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Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorders: NIH Supports a Wide Range of Research

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders (TMJD) include a heterogeneous group of disorders with overlapping--but not identical--signs and symptoms. Symptoms of TMJDs vary, but typically include pain in the jaw joint and surrounding muscles. Other symptoms may include limited or no movement of the jaw joint, clicking or grating in the jaw joint when opening or closing the mouth, headaches, and shoulde… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Dissatisfaction with the federal tax system has led to a debate about U.S. tax reform, including proposals for a national consumption tax. One type of proposed consumption tax is a value-added tax (VAT), widely used around the world. A VAT is levied on the difference between a business's sales and its purchases of goods and services. Typically, a business calculates the tax due on its sales, subtracts a… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Pharmacy Program: Continued Efforts Needed to Reduce Growth in Spending at Retail Pharmacies

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Estimated to reach $15 billion by 2015, the Department of Defense's (DOD) prescription drug spending has been a growing concern for the federal government. The John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2007 required GAO to examine DOD's pharmacy benefits program. Specifically, as discussed with the committees of jurisdiction, GAO examined DOD's prescription drug spending tren… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resonant Soft X-Ray Contrast Variation Methods as Composition-Specific Probes of Thin Polymer Film Structure

Description: We have developed complementary soft x-ray scattering and reflectometry techniques that allow for the morphological analysis of thin polymer films without resorting to chemical modification or isotopic 2 labeling. With these techniques, we achieve significant, x-ray energy-dependent contrast between carbon atoms in different chemical environments using soft x-ray resonance at the carbon edge. Because carbon-containing samples absorb strongly in this region, the scattering length density depends… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Welch, Cynthia; Welch, Cynthia F.; Hjelm, Rex P.; Mang, Joseph T.; Hawley, Marilyn E.; Wrobleski, Debra A. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Breaking the Curse of Cardinality on Bitmap Indexes

Description: Bitmap indexes are known to be efficient for ad-hoc range queries that are common in data warehousing and scientific applications. However, they suffer from the curse of cardinality, that is, their efficiency deteriorates as attribute cardinalities increase. A number of strategies have been proposed, but none of them addresses the problem adequately. In this paper, we propose a novel binned bitmap index that greatly reduces the cost to answer queries, and therefore breaks the curse of cardinali… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Wu, Kesheng; Wu, Kesheng; Stockinger, Kurt & Shoshani, Arie
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Final Report on Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Monitoring in Sixteen Relocatable Classrooms

Description: An improved HVAC system for portable classrooms was specified to address key problems in existing units. These included low energy efficiency, poor control of and provision for adequate ventilation, and excessive acoustic noise. Working with industry, a prototype improved heat pump air conditioner was developed to meet the specification. A one-year measurement-intensive field-test of ten of these IHPAC systems was conducted in occupied classrooms in two distinct California climates. These measu… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Apte, Michael G.; Norman, Bourassa; Faulkner, David; Hodgson, Alfred T.; Hotchi, Toshfumi; Spears, Michael et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measuring Regional Changes in the Diastolic Deformation of the Left Ventricle of SHR Rats Using microPET Technology and Hyperelastic Warping

Description: The objective of this research was to assess applicability of a technique known as hyperelastic warping for the measurement of local strains in the left ventricle (LV) directly from microPET image data sets. The technique uses differences in image intensities between template (reference) and target (loaded) image data sets to generate a body force that deforms a finite element (FE) representation of the template so that it registers with the target images. For validation, the template image was… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Gullberg, Grant T; Veress , Alexander I.; Weiss, Jeffrey A.; Huesman, Ronald H.; Reutter, Bryan W.; Taylor , Scott E. et al.
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Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation in the fern Pteris vittata.

Description: Pteris vittata is a fern that is extraordinary in its ability to tolerate hyperaccumulate high levels of arsenic (As). The goals of the proposed research, to identify the genes that are necessary for As hyperaccumulation in P. vittata using molecular and genetic approaches and to understand the physiology of arsenic uptake and distribution in the living plant, were accomplished during the funding period. The genes that have been identified may ultimately enable the engineering or selection of o… more
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Banks, Jo Ann & Salt, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[2008 Undergraduate Preview Pages]

Description: Pages from the 2008 URCM promotional materials. Each one has a different photograph and information about what the University of North Texas offers for possible future students. The first page includes an image of the Administration Building and a corner of Willis Library from the North.
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: University Relations, Communications and Marketing
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poster
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress

Description: Concern has grown in Congress and elsewhere about China's military modernization. The topic is an increasing factor in discussions over future required U.S. Navy capabilities. The issue for Congress addressed in this report is: How should China's military modernization be factored into decisions about U.S. Navy programs?
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Advisory Committees: A Primer

Description: This report provides information about a Primer on the Federal Advisory Committees. This report set forth definitions and requirements for creating commissions as required by FACA.
Date: April 4, 2008
Creator: Smith, Stephanie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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